Ariane 6

Active

ArianeGroup (AG)

None

Description

Ariane 6 (unknown variant)

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
63.0 m
Diameter
5.4 m
Fairing Diameter
5.4 m
Launch Mass
―
Thrust
―

Family

Name
Ariane 6
Family
―
Variant
N/A
Alias
―
Full Name
Ariane 6

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
21650.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
11500.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
5000.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
14900.0 kg

ArianeGroup

Commercial

CEO: Martin Sion

AG 2015

ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux. It consists of three core arms: aerospace, defence and security.

Upcoming Spaceflights

Ariane 6 | COMSATBw 2B (SATCOMBw Stufe 3-2)

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2029

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Second of two satellites of Germany's next generation of secure military satellite system. For the Bundeswehr, Airbus is the prime contractor for the design, integration, test and in orbit delivery of two new military GEO telecommunications satellites which are the successor communications satellites to COMSATBw 1 and 2.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 6 | COMSATBw 1B (SATCOMBw Stufe 3-1)

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2029

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

First of two satellites of Germany's next generation of secure military satellite system. For the Bundeswehr, Airbus is the prime contractor for the design, integration, test and in orbit delivery of two new military GEO telecommunications satellites which are the successor communications satellites to COMSATBw 1 and 2.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 6 | 2 x Galileo Second Generation (G2)

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2029

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Payload consists of two satellites for Europe's second generation Galileo navigation system.

Medium Earth Orbit

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Flight Record

No spaceflights found for .

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Success

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3 days, 1 hour ago

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